The first monastery established by St. John of the Cross and Fr. Antonio of Jesus in 1568, using a small farmhouse which had been donated to St. Teresa of Avila. Soon the community outgrew the building, and moved to Mancera de Abajo in 1570, then Avila in 1600.
Author’s Note
Additional history of the current monastery in Mancera de Abaio can be found here, though it should be noted there is not a contiguous lineage back to the community founded by St. John of the Cross.
-JMM